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From the Archives (12/31/2010): A New Year Carol by Tynan Davis
I came as a surprise to my parents. The product of a champagne brunch (must explain my bubbly disposition), I am the youngest of four children and the only girl. Understandably, I was simultaneously…
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Here’s to Marian McPartland and “Piano Jazz”
Marian McPartland's radio show is a treat — immortal, though she herself has retired. I'm listening to her 1994 interview with Stephen Sondheim. Terrific.
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From the Archives (4/27/2009): Broke is the New Black by Denise Duhamel
A friend of a friend recently coined the term “the privileged poor,” for those who have learned to live well on less. Our group includes teachers, free-lance writers, editors, temps, the underemployed artist underclass. …
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The Epicurean versus the Revolution
From Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy:<<<"Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die." This is not a very noble, nor even a very realistic kind of morality. But it seems to make a…
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lovely weather for a skate glide together with you
Quick: for the pleasure of being absolutely correct, what have they just sung?— "You say tomato, I say tomato"— Let's Call the Whole Thing Off — I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm— Shall…
